I recently viewed "The Passion of the Christ," director and produced by Mel Gibson. I found it to be incredibly, moving, but spiritual film, despite the fact that it is graphically violent and detailed on the physical torture applied to Jesus. Judging this film "anti-Semitism" and "pornographically violent" is completely irrelevant for, what I believe, this film is dealing with more than the artistic, social, and religious contexts. .
The Passion of the Christ is a film about the last twelve hours of the life of Jesus of Nazareth's. The film open's in the Garden of Olives where Jesus went to pray after the last supper. Passion is a perfect word for the subject matter Mel Gibson examines in this film. It is indeed a movie about the suffering and pain Jesus undertakes, as there is almost no rest for us to breath. Artistically, "Passion" is unbalanced for it shows so much agony and brutality while almost no portion of peace and love, which Christianity promotes, can be found. Yet the physical pain is so vividly and effectively illustrated that it moves me beyond any speech about peace and love. Anyone who criticizes James Caviezel for being dull under the silicone make-up is missing the point. Using merely body gestures and eyes expressions, Caviezel did an excellent performance in expressing Jesus' mental state. .
Now you've heard this film is "anti-Semitism," I don't think it intends to promote this on any level. Some Jews, especially the Jewish priests, are portrayed as some greedy and evil mobs that won't hesitate to put Jesus to death for their own benefits. However, Pilate, the Roman Governor of Palestine, who shows a moment of compassion and understanding, betrays his heart by punishing Jesus from scourging to crucifixion in order to keep his area politically stable. He is a coward who cannot be faithful to the truth his soul says to him. The Roman soldiers are illustrated as some bloodthirsty beasts that torture the prisoners as their professions and hobbies.
This is how I thought of passion. ... I quickly found out that passion used passion quite often in his plays. ... Lastly, I used an article from February 16 issue of Newsweek about the passion of Jesus Christ. ... This story came about because of the new movie "The Passion of the Christ." ... This type of passion refers to the sufferings of Jesus Christ. ...
Passions of the Christ Religion is a very important part of many lives throughout the United States of America. From viewing the movie, Passions of the Christ, led many races to view this movie differently. ... This movie is telling about the story of Jesus Christ, and I think that Mel Gibson did not disrespect Jesus Christ in no way at all. He was only talking about the life of Jesus Christ. ... The Passion of the Christ is bringing up many different issues and many people have different opinions about this movie. ...
In Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ", an androgynous, Satanic figure, taunts Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. ... The Institution of the Lord's Supper In "The Passion of the Christ", the movie flashes back to the Last Supper, where Jesus spends the Passover celebration with his disciples. ... However, Sister Anne Emmerich spends an entire chapter on Judas" torment in "The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ." ... They were accounts, written by man, using their own perceptions and remembrances of Jesus" times, just as Mel Gibson used his own beliefs and perceptions to ...
Passion plays are based on the life and suffering of Jesus Christ, on the creation of the world, and stories from the bible. However, the earliest recorded passion play was written in 2000 BD and was not based on Jesus Christ or any biblical stories, instead, it was based on the Egyptian king Osiris. ... People wanted to know more about Christ's life and most of all, his passion. ... In The Betrayal Of Christ, Judas asked the fifteen priests: "How much would you give me if I handed Jesus Christ in?". ... and Christ answered: "You said it yourself". ...
The Passion of The Christ It is a religious movie unlike any other. ... Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ", is a direct adaptation of the passion story as it appears in the bible. The passion story is the capture, enslavement; torture, crucifixion, death, and rise of Jesus. ... Unless the viewer knows exactly what occurred previous to the passion story, then some scenes will not make sense. ...
The Passion of the Christ: Controversial or Not? Is The Passion of the Christ controversial or not? ... The Passion of the Christ is a very controversial movie because there are so many different views of what happened the last twelve hours of Jesus" life. ...
Both Movies are a version of the traditional dramatic form that passion plays, in which actors (often amateurs) reenact that last moments from Christ's life as a way of reminding themselves as sell as those who watch them of the meaning of Christianity. ... Arcan plays more directly with the conceit of the passion, because his movie focuses on a modern-day play in which ordinary Canadians actors and reenact the stations of the cross. As they present these last scenes from the life of Christ, the distinctions between acting and life becomes blurred and the actors take on more and more of ...
"The Passion of the Christ" is a film directed by Mel Gibson that was written by Gibson and Benedict Fitzgerald. ... It reflects the movie and also the response that the movie has received with the simple word "passion". ... Instead of being moved by Christ's suffering or awed by his sacrifice, I felt abused by a filmmaker's intent on punishing an audience, for who knows what sins." ... The National Review said that "any cinematic depiction of the Passion will fail to capture its full meaning." ... However, Gibson seeks to make a difference for Christ in the world. ...
The Passion of the Christ was a very inspiring movie to me and to others. The movie was about Jesus Christ and the pain and suffering that he went through in the process of being crucified. This movie was hard to watch for me because of the things that he went through. Which didn't really hit how...